Innovation and Entrepreneurship

IdeaBounce® is an online platform and event from the Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship where anyone in St. Louis can pitch an idea, get feedback, and network with other entrepreneurs and innovators.

The Intellectual Property Clinic at WashULaw provides legal services to the St. Louis community pro bono. Law students have the opportunity to develop their understanding and application of intellectual property law. Intellectual property law matters include copyright matters, patent matters, right of publicity matters, trademark matters, and trade secret matters.

WashULaw students in the Entrepreneurship Clinic provide advice and legal assistance to individuals and entities in all entrepreneurship endeavors. The clinic helps with start-ups and small businesses and non-profit organizations.

The CORTEX Innovation Community is a hub of bioscience and technology research, development, and commercialization. The community allows for hundreds of research and technology-based jobs, and industry and biotechnology start-ups in the St. Louis area.

This collaborative effort between the Brown School’s Buder Center with leaders at the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri Humanities Council, Missouri History Museum and Lutheran Indian Ministries, is meant to advance Native partnerships and programming. Strengthening collaboration and communication will allow better dissemination of knowledge, stronger programs, and improved outreach.

The Pivot 314 fellowship provides exceptional resources and support to graduate students who will contribute to the St. Louis entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through the fellowship, graduate students engage with St. Louis entrepreneurial community and explore possible career pathways in the city. Programming is centered around leadership, communication and entrepreneurship, and hands-on experience with a local start up.